Voice of America. October 06, 2011.

By James Brooke //  Rising 165 meters in the air, the world’s tallest flagpole landed Tajikistan in the Guinness Book of World Records last month, just in time for the nation’s 20th anniversary of independence.

David Chambers, an American, built the tubular steel pole. “We always tell the client when we are building these massive poles, we are not building them for Guinness World Records,” he said. “We are building them for the nation and for the people.”

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The National (Dubai, UAE).  December 2, 2012.

A giant UAE flag was yesterday raised up a 123-metre tall flagpole to mark the 41st National Day celebrations in Sharjah.

The flagpole, the seventh tallest in the world, was inaugurated by Dr Sheikh Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, the Ruler of the emirate, yesterday to celebrate more than four decades of unity.

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Gulf News.com.  November 21, 2012

By Jumana Khamis – Sharjah // Shurooq, the Sharjah Investment and Development Authority which is constructing a 123 metre-high flagpole on Flag Island, is planning to raise the 7th tallest flagpole in the world on December 2, the UAE’s 41st National Day.

The project, set to be completed on November 25 is organised in collaboration …

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Reuters.  August 31. 2011.

Tajikistan, the poorest of the 15 former Soviet nations, has entered the Guinness Book of Records by erecting the world’s tallest unsupported flagpole, officially touted as a symbol of its upcoming independence day.

“This flag is tasked to consolidate the achievements of our independence — peace, unity and national harmony,” …

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The Guardian.  November 24, 2010.

Its Pamir mountains are known as the “roof of the world” but Tajikistan now wants to scale new heights – by building the world’s tallest flagpole.

Emomali Rahmon, president of the former Soviet republic, attended an opening ceremony in the centre of the capital, Dushanbe, today as construction began on a base for the 165-metre staff – more than half the size of the Eiffel Tower. …

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